Cool, determined.... AHHH!!!!

Classy, smooth, smart, impressive, lovable, smiley, happy, sensitive, firm, kind, sweet, beautiful, fierce, fiery, .... Impossible. I can't do it... I'm a failure... I'll never know... my mind insisted, as I pulled on one of Mom's dresses from District 4. Cool but comfortable, the dress was perfect. Thankfully it was water proof, too.

Cool and summery, simple and plain yet beautiful. Anybody who knew Mom would recognize it anywhere.
''Hello, Shirley,'' I greeted Shirley at the desk, this time as myself. ''You're... You're Rue Odair,'' Shirley stammers. ''You know my name!!'' She exclaims. ''Is Mr. Manchkin busy?'' I ask, heart beating wildly with every word. ''No.. no... just go on up...'' ''Thank you,'' I reply, and walk to the lift.
KNOCK, KNOCK!!!! I knock on Mr. Manchkin's door. ''For heaven's sake!!!'' Mr. Manckin says. ''C'mon all ready!'' I slowly open the door, sweating like a District 12 dog. ''No... Rue...'' he says, staring at me. ''You should of never known... it was only for the best...''
''Dad?'' I whispers softly, tears streaming. ''Andrea should of kept you from finding out...''

His head being chomped whole--- 
Blackouts-- 
''He died, Annie. I'm so sorry,'' a much younger Katniss Everdeen says. ''NO---'' The heart-breaking wails of Annie Odair. 
''You're alive!!!! You kept it from me?!!!!?!!! For that long?!?!''
''I love you, so much, Rue. You've got to understand why I did this. It was better this way,'' Dad explains, hugging me tightly. ''Why?'' I sob ''Why did you do it?'' ''My story goes like this:''
''I didn't die. Whatever Katniss saw, I don't know. I was knocked out, though. I stayed like that until a kind Capitol man found me. He took me into his home, where I stayed, retrieving my memories. I had lost them when being knocked out. When I had gotten all of them, I stayed here, training kids to survive. Andrea was one of those kids. She learned quickly, and brightly. At last I heard you were staying in the Capitol, so I sent Andrea to spy on you and keep you from ever finding out about me. I didn't plan her getting together with Reef, though. Andrea obviously didn't do her job.
''The black outs you have--- I-um- took you away one day to train you. For two whole months, and then you mysteriously appeared on the back porch of your house in District 12, with no memory of what happened but with the skills of a surviving Hunger Games tribute.''
''You didn't do that to Reef?'' ''No.''  ''Dad---'' I say, savoring the word ''will you come back? Everybody else deserves to know you're alive.'' Dad sighs, ''I guess I should, shouldn't I?'' ''Yes,'' I agree, bubbling with excitement. Dad smiles, knowing my happiness.

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''FINNICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'' Mom screams, practically jumping on Dad. Dad picks her up and whirls her around, kissing her non stop. Dad removed his hair-dye, and now his hair is the natural golden color. ''It's good to see you again,'' Haymitch gruffly exclaims, hugging Dad. Uncle Peeta hugs Dad. Finch and Cinna walk up to Dad. ''Who are you?'' Cinna asks. ''He's your Uncle Finnick,'' Uncle Peeta exclaims as Dad wraps his arms around Finch and Cinna in a hug. At last Aunt Katniss walks in. ''It can't be...'' She says, breathing in deeply, quite pale..... ''FINNICK!'' Aunt Katniss exclaims, hugging Dad really hard. ''What's your story??!!'' We all chant, and Dad begins....
~Rue <3
P.s. How's that for the best post ever, Aimeebob? ;) :D